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Species Flexamia areolata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Paralimnini
Subtribe Paralimnina
Genus Flexamia
Species areolata (Flexamia areolata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Flexamia areolata (Ball)
Orig. Comb: Deltocephalus areolatus Ball, 1899
Identification
The oblique black dashes along the wing edges are "reflexed" crossveins, characteristic of this genus. F. areolata is the only one with bold "eye spots" on the wings.
Range
e. US to CA - Map
Food
a specialist on lovegrass, Eragrostis spectabilis; the "eye spots" mimic the little black seeds of the grass.
Print References
Ball, E.D. 1899b. Some new species of Deltocephalus. The Canadian Entomologist 31: 188-192.
Internet References
Species Page - Univ. Colo.
Species Page - Zahniser